Highlight it and click the minus ( - ) sign at the top: fileguard key in resume.dat when editing it with BEncode. If you run into any problems, remove the. Additionally, if you’ve chosen the option to "Save As…" and thus altered the default path when initially starting a new torrent, you’ll need to take this into consideration when editing resume.dat.
For example, if you manually changed the default download path (through µTorrent settings) to a new custom location, it’s feasible that you’ll have working directories in more than one location.
This tip, as explained in its simplest form, is designed to change all of µTorrent’s downloaded torrent folders, assuming that they’re all in the same source directory (location). Don’t forget, if you copy/pasted the resume.dat file to a different location prior to editing it in BEncode, you’ll need to overwrite it over the old file in your %appdata%\uTorrent directory (before restarting µTorrent). Restart µTorrent, and your torrents should now be seeding from the new drive location. Exit BEncode, and be sure to save the new changes to the resume.dat file. Click " Replace All" to complete.įor our example, all of the torrents that originated with the C:\uTorrent\ path are now represented by new path - G:\uTorrent\. Be sure to add a trailing slash ( \ ) to the end of each path. In the second field (Replace:), enter your NEW path that you wish to use. Next, in BEncode, click Edit > Replace… and in the first field (Value:), enter your current working path. It should be assumed that you also know your NEW path, for example " G:\uTorrent\", with "G" representing your new hard drive’s assigned location (although this will also work with the same drive letter "C:\**" but with a new path inside it). You probably already knew your path, as you previously moved/copied over all the directories to a new location. In the example above, our working directory is shown as C:\uTorrent\. This is your working directory for that particular torrent, and likely for all of them (see our "Notes" at the bottom for more info on this). Look for a line that starts with path, as shown below.
Next, click on the plus sign ( + ) next to one of the torrents to open up additional information. Additionally, it’s a good idea to make a backup of resume.dat, in case something goes wrong.Īssuming that you’ve now successfully opened resume.dat in BEncode, a list of your torrents should now appear: To get around this, copy resume.dat and ‘paste’ it to a different location, such as to the root of your C:\ drive (before attempting to open it with BEncode). TIP: Under normal circumstances, your %appdata%\uTorrent location is a hidden directory thus you may not be able to browse to resume.dat via BEncode.
Click File > Open... and browse to the uTorrent path from above, and select the file called resume.dat. To edit RESUME.DAT, you’ll need to download and use BEncode Editor (which is also found on uTorrent’s forums). To find this, click Start > Run… and enter that line: Now that everything is now moved over, you’ll need to find and edit your µTorrent’s RESUME.DAT file, which is located in your %appdata%\uTorrent directory. Move your folders to your new location, i.e. How It Works:įirst up, we’ll bore you with the details: Shut down µTorrent (to stop all connections).
FSF updated and expanded upon it, with some extra screenshots thrown in for good measure. We shamelessly borrowed this great tutorial from the What.cd Forums, and thanks go out to shuffle for the tip. A more practical solution would be to edit just one file to instantly change all of the paths. This option will work just fine, but if you’re a heavy µTorrent user with a lot of active (seeding) torrents, then this can be excruciatingly tedious. If you want to continue seeding, then technically you don’t need a tutorial such as this simply stop each of your torrents, right-click, select ‘Advanced’ and choose ‘Set Download Location…’ and then browse to the new location of the directory.
The Scenario: You finally picked up that dreamy 1 TB hard drive, and the plan is to move all of your seeding µTorrent folders (and torrents) over to their new home.